A thing that many young fellows don't seem to realize at first is that success depends on oneself and not on a kindly fate, nor on the interest of powerful friends.
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I have known lots of millionaires who were not happy men they had not got all they wanted and therefore had failed to find success in life. A Singalese proverb says 'He who is happy is rich, but it does not follow that he who is rich is happy.' The really rich man is the man who has fewest wants.Robert Baden-Powell
Varied are the ideas of what constitutes 'success,' e.g. money, position, power, achievement, honours, and the like. But these are not open to every mannor do they bring what is real success, namely, happiness.
Robert Baden-Powell
'Softly, softly, catchee monkey,' is the West African rendering of a very valuable precept. An awful lot of men fail through lack of patient persistence.
Robert Baden-Powell
Dyb-dyb-dyb.
Robert Baden-Powell
See things from the boy's point of view.
Robert Baden-Powell
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